[books 2015] Jasper Fforde
34. The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
The second in his Last Dragonslayer series for young adults. I read the third one first (got charmed by him at an event & bought the book he was pimping), then the first one, so this one nicely fills in the middle.
I so wish I'd had these books when I was a kid. They are funny (my favourite line: "Reader, I punched him"), peppered with little bits of wisdom, and have a strong female main character. The setting is a post apocalyptic UnUnited Kingdoms which are, frankly, unpleasant and where underprivileged kids have to grow up fast.
I read the whole thing on the bus to and from London on Saturday. There's even an unexpected touching bit at the end, but maybe that was because I was tired.
The second in his Last Dragonslayer series for young adults. I read the third one first (got charmed by him at an event & bought the book he was pimping), then the first one, so this one nicely fills in the middle.
I so wish I'd had these books when I was a kid. They are funny (my favourite line: "Reader, I punched him"), peppered with little bits of wisdom, and have a strong female main character. The setting is a post apocalyptic UnUnited Kingdoms which are, frankly, unpleasant and where underprivileged kids have to grow up fast.
I read the whole thing on the bus to and from London on Saturday. There's even an unexpected touching bit at the end, but maybe that was because I was tired.